Year 1

The following information is to provide you with an overview of the year. It is difficult to outline every area in detail and, if there are areas you wish to explore further, please contact your child's teacher.

History

How am I making history

How have toys changed?

How have explorers changed the world?

Geography

What is it like here?

What is the weather like in the UK?

What is it like to live in Shanghai?

Science

Sensitive bodies

Comparing animals

Seasonal changes

materials

plants

investigating science through stories

Art

Drawing make your mark

Painting and mixing media

Sculpture and 3d paper play

D.T.

Structures: Stable structures

Textiles – Puppet making

Cooking and nutrition - smoothies

Computing

Online safety

Programming

Digital content and the internet

Understanding application of ICT

English –

Texts

On the Way Home – Jill Murphy

The 3 little pigs

Toys in Space

Lost in a toy museum

Toy School

Traditional Stories

Genres

Instructions (linked to computing/directions)

Traditional Tales

 Captions

Stories with familiar settings

Information texts

Traditional Tales

Senses poems

Information texts

PE

Invasion games (football, netball, basketball, handball)

Net and wall games (tennis, badminton)

Striking and fielding games (cricket and rounders)

Athletics, gymnastics and dance

RE

Creation

Incarnation 

 

Who am I?  What does it mean to belong?

Salvation 

 

God

How should we care for the world and why should it matter?

French

Dans le jungle

French through Stories 

L'Extraterrestre

French through Stories

Tom le pirate

French through Stories